Sensing Sacred is an edited volume that explores the critical intersection of “religion” and “body” through the religious lens of practical theology, with an emphasis on sensation as the embodied means in which human beings know themselves, others, and the divine in the world. The manuscript argues that all human interaction and practice, including religious praxis, engages “body” through at least one of the human senses (touch, smell, hearing, taste, sight, kinestics/proprioception). Unfo...

Colombia’s western Coffee Region is renowned for the whiteness of its inhabitants, who are often described as respectable pioneer families who domesticated a wild frontier and planted coffee on the forested slopes of the Andes. Some local inhabitants, however, tell a different tale—of white migrants rapaciously usurping the lands of indigenous and black communities. Muddied Waters examines both of these legends, showing how local communities, settlers, speculators, and politicians...

A timely resource treating addiction holistically as both a spiritual and a pathological conditionSubstance addictions present a unique set of challenges for pastoral care. In this book Sonia Waters weaves together personal stories, research, and theological reflection to offer helpful tools for ministers, counselors, chaplains, and anyone else called to care pastorally for those struggling with addiction.Waters uses the story of the Gerasene demoniac in Mark's Gos...

Cyclones, flash floods, droughts, and pollution batter the aspirations of people living at the sharp end of water insecurity. By charting the daily water use behaviour of people in Kenya and Bangladesh for a year, this book explores the intersecting drivers of global water risks and the spatial and seasonal inequalities. Comprising a clear methodological chapter and four detailed case studies of both urban and rural areas, it critically reviews existing policy and institutional design, arg...

Nancy Astley, la protagonista del primo romanzo di Sarah Waters, proviene da un paesino di pescatori del sud dell’Inghilterra dove la sua famiglia gestisce un ristorante famoso per la qualità delle sue ostriche. Nancy nutre, fin da bambina, una grande passione per il teatro e spesso vi si reca per assistere agli spettacoli. E’ in uno di questi teatri di provincia che la ragazza conosce Kitty Butler, una giovane male impersonator, che decide di seguire a Londra, dove diventerà prima sua ass...

This book focuses on sustainable water management perspective and how to use this knowledge to ensure resilient development. Sustainable water resource management is an essential aspect of resilient development as it helps to ensure the availability and accessibility of safe, clean, and equitable water for both present and future generations. Implementing sustainable water management practices is crucial to address the increasing water issues caused by climate change, urbanization, and pop...

An essential book for teaching kids about the importance of water and the water cycle!Did you know that dinosaurs could have been splashing around in the water you drank today? That’s because all the water on Earth has been here forever. And it is always on the move! Water can be a liquid, a solid or a gas. Besides forming oceans and rivers, water can be found in the air, in the clouds, in rain and in snow. These changes are all part of the water cycle. Discover al...

This new reference book covers the important topics of our current time—the impact of climate change and urban environment sustainability, using empirical and theoretical insights. It studies the meaningful connectivity between water security and energy conservation. This volume also reports on the relationship between climate change and environment sustainability with emphasis on comparative case studies, providing a broad overview of interconnection between sustainability alongside popul...